Paper doll



(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1. E. T. GIBSON.

PAPER DOLL.

Patented July 3-0 2 Sheets.Sheet 2.

(N 0 Model.)

B. T; GIBSON.

PAPER DOLL.

Patented JuIy'S O, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT EDWARD T. GIBSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS,- MINNESOTA.

PA-PE R DO LL.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 543,767, dated July 30,1895.

Application filed February 15, 1895. Serial No. 538,600. (No model.) i

. citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the countyof Hennepin and-State :of Minnesota, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements inP-a'per Dolls, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in paperdolis of that class inwhich complete and variable changes in the costume of the doll can bemade by the proper adjustment of paper garments provided for thispurpose; and the invention consists in the novel construction andcombination of the-parts,hereinafter fully described and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- .Figure 1 is a frontview on an armless, shoulderless, and headless paper-doll body. Fig. 2is a front view of a paper locking-key having the head of the doll atits upper extremity. Fig. 3 isa front view of a paper garment-piececonsisting of a portion on which is pictorially represented an articleof Wearing-apparel worn on the human body suspended from the waist, andof an upward-extended portion constructed to form a looppiece at theupper extremity of the pictoriallyrepresented garment. Fig. iis a sideview of the garment-piece shown in Fig. 3, exhibiting the upperextremity or loop-piece of the said garment-piece bent backward on theline C, Fig. 3, to admit of the said garment-piece being hung upon thedoll-body. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a garment-piece which, likethe one shown in Fig. 3, has pictorially represented on its frontsurface an article of wearing-apparel worn suspended from the waist, butdifiers from it in having a loop-- piece glued to the back of the upperextremity of the pictorially-represented garment. Fig. 6 is a front viewof a paper garment-piece consisting of a portion on which is pictori-'ally represented a combination of articles of wearing-apparel worn onthe human body above the waist or hips and of a downward, extendedportion constructed to form an extension at the lower extremity of thepictorially-represented garment to admit of the said garment-piece beingsupported on the.

doll-body by the garment-pieces shown in Figs. 3 and 5. Fig. 7 is afront view of a paper garment-piece on which is vpictorially representedan article or acombination of articles of wearing-apparel worn on thehuman body, extended from above the waist to below the waist. Fig. .8 isa back view of the garmentpiece shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a side viewof the garment-piece shown in Figs. 7 and 8. In these last three figuresa loop-piece is shown glued to the back of the pictorially-representedgarment to admit of its .being hung upon the doll-body. Fig. 10 is afront view of a paper garment-piece which is provided to serve a purposesimilar to that of the'garmeut-piece shown in Fig. 7, but differs fromit in:g.onstruction in having, as has the garmengpdece shown in Fig. 6,a waist extension, whereby it may be supported on the doll-body by thegarment-pieccs shown in Figs. 3 and 5. Fig. 11

is a front view of the (1011 parts shown in Figs.

1, 2, 3, or 5, and 7 combined. Fig. 12 is a side view of the doll partscombined, as shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a back view of the doll partscombined, as shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 14 is a front view of the doll partsshown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, or 5, and 6 combined. Fig. 15 is a side view ofthe doll parts combined, as shown in Fig. 14. Fig. 16 is a side view ofthe doll parts shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, or 5, and 10 combined.

Similar letters refertosimilarparts throughout the several views.

The paper-doll body A is destitute of arms and shoulders, and ispreferably destitute of a head and neck, as is the body shown in thedrawings; but as the presence or absence of a head does not in any wayaffect the object aimed at in depriving the doll-body of arms andshoulders, which object is to admit. of the upper portion of the trunkof the doll being contracted to a breadth no greater than the breadthofthe trunk of the doll at the waist, it must be understood that I donot limit my claim of invention to a doll-body, which dollbody, besidesbeing destitute of arms and shoulders, is also destitute of a head. Thesaid'paper-doll body A has in the vicinity of the waist-line, yet in noinstance at a higher level above the waist-line than thelower level alateral projection a on and from each side of the breasts in anormally-proportioned doll,

ing below the skirt.

of the trunk portion A, which trunk portion A above the said lateralprojections is at all points of less breadth than that of the surfacebetween the extremities of the two said lateral projections. The saidlateral projections a a are formed to serve as hangers, upon which canbe hung paper garment-pieces having a construction which will behereinafter fully explained. Below the said lateral projections thedoll-body is formed to meet the requirements of the design of thedollthat is to say, if the doll is designed to be arrayed in papergarments representing articles worn by females. This said lower portionA" of the doll-body may be formed to represent a skirt, as is theportion shown in the drawings, the feet or a foot of thedoll beingrepresented as project- If, however, the doll is designed to be arrayedin male costume, or if it is desired to provide the doll-body with lowerlimbs, the said portion A is formed accordingly. It will be seen thatthe lowerend of the said doll-body may terminate in the feet of thedoll; but I prefer to have the feet simply pictured on the papercomposing the doll-body, and the lower end of the said piece of paperout at a right angle to the vertical line of the doll-body, so as toprovide a substantial support for the said doll-body when the latte; iserected in combination with. the

locking-key B, which locking-key will behereinafter fully explained.

Having thus described the paper-doll bod-y A, I will now proceed todescribe the paper garment-pieces which form a In Figs. Fraud 5,1exhibit one of these said paper garment-pieces D. The object of theparticular piece (exhibited in Figs. 3, and 5), is to afford agarment-piece on which is pictorially represented only such articles ofwearing-apparel as are worn on the human body suspended from the waistor hips, and which garment-piece is constructed to be hung upon thehereinbefore-described lateral projections a a on the paper-doll body bypassing the trunk portion A of the doll-body through the loop-hole c ina loop-piece O, which loop-piece is attached to the upper extremityofthe portion D of the said garmentpiece. The said portion D of thegarmentpicce is the portion on the front surface of which is pictorially represented the particular articles of wearing-apparel mentionedabove. On the garment-piece shown in Figs. 8 and 5 the portion Drepresents an overskirt, be cause the doll exhibited in the drawings isdesigned to be arrayed in female costume; but when the herein-describeddoll is designed to be arrayed in male costume the said portion 1)'-wi1l be formed to represent an article or a combination of articlesof male wearing-apparel worn suspended from the waist or hips or worn onthe lower limbs. If the paper of which the said portion D consists issufficiently thin to admit of its being bent upon itself withoutcracking, the said loop-piece 0 part of the do1-l.

is formed by an extension of the piece of pa-' per at the upperextremity of the portion D, as is shown in Fig. 3, and the saidextension is afterward bent backward on the line C to bring the surfaceof the loop-hole c to about a right angle with the back of the portionD, as is shown in Fig. 4, thereby admitting of the garment-piece beingproperly hung upon the paper-doll body, as hereinbefore explained. If,however, the said paper is too thick to be bent without breaking theloop-piece O isformed by a thin and separate piece of paper and is gluedin position at the back of theupper extremity of the portion D of thegarment-piece, as is shown in Fig. 5.

In Figs. 7, 8, and 9 I exhibit another garmerit-piece E, which forms apart of the doll, the three last-mentioned figures being ditferent viewsof the same garment-piece. This said garment-piece consists of a pieceof pa per E, on the front surface of which is pietorially represented anarticle or a combination of articles of wearing-apparel worn on the human body, extending from a point above the waist to a point below thewaist. To the back of this said piece of paper E is glued one extremityof a paper 1oop-piece O, which loop-piece is like the. one shown inperspective in Fig. 51 and has its free extremity bent backward to abouta right angle with the back I of the piece E, as is shown in Fig. 9. Inthe said free extremity is a loop-hole c, and the loop-piece C is soattached to the back of the I piece of paper E as to bring the surfaceof the loop-hole c at a right angle with the vertical line of the pieceE and in a position which. will admit of the garment-waist representedon the piece E being brought into natural position on the doll-bodyA,when the trunk portion A is passed through the loophole 0 and thegarment-piece is hung upon the lateral projections a a.

In Fig. 6 I exhibit still another garmentpiece F, which forms a part ofthe doll. This said garment-piece is made of paper and onthe portion Fis pictorially represented an article, or a combination of articles, ofwearing apparel worn on the human body above the hips or waist. Adownward'projected waist extension F is provided at the bottom of thesaid garment-piece F, which Waist extension can be inserted between theback of the upper extremity of the above described garmentpieces havingloop-pieces O and the front of the corresponding part of the doll-body Aby passing the said extension F downward through the loop-hole c in theloop-piece 0 when the said garment-pieces having looppieces are hung inposition on the doll-body. In Fig. 14 is shown a front view of this saidgarment-piece F, supported on the front of the doll-body A by means ofthe said extension F inserted into the loop-hole of the looppiece on thegarment-piece D, and in Fig. 15 is shown a side view of the same. Whenthe said garment-piece E or F is provided on its garment, ornament, oraccouterment representation which I shall provide will be such as willnot admit of the arms and shoulders of the doll being represented on thesame piece with the said representation, and in order to supply therequired representation of shoulders and arms I shall furnish additionalgarmentpieces which are provided with shoulders and arms, and whichadditional garment-pieces are to be employed in connection with suchgarment-pieces as may have no arms and shoulders pictorially representedupon them by inserting the waist extension of the said additional piecebetween the back of the armless and shoulder-less garment-piece and thefront of the corresponding part of the doll-bodyAthrough the loop-holein thelooppiece attached to a garment-piece hung upon the saiddoll-body.

In Fig. 10 I exhibit another garment-piece H, which forms a part of mydoll. Like the hereinbefore-described garment-piece E, thisgarment-piece Hv is provided for the representation of an article or acombination of articles of wearing-apparel worn on the human body,extending from a point above the waist to a point below the waist. Thisgarmentpiece His made of paper and differs from the garment-piece E inhaving a downward-projected waist extension 11*, which waist extensionis employed to support the garment-piecein position on the doll-body, inconnection with garment-pieces having loop-pieces, in-

precisely the same Way that the waist-extension F is employed to supportthe garment piece F, and which way has been already explained. On one orboth sides of the said waist extension II is a section H which sectionis free from the waist extension H and is continuous with the portion Hof the garment-piece. On the front surface of the said section orsections H and the said portion H is made the pictorial representationof articles of wearing-apparel or adornment. When the said garment-pieceH is placed upon the doll-body the sections H lap over the front of thesupporting garment-piece. This said garment-piece H is not shownsupported on the doll in front view in the drawings, as I believe itwould be superfluous, as it would appear the same as Fig. 14, exceptingthat the sections H would lap over the front of the garment-piece D. Aside view, however, of

the said garment-piece H supported on the doll-body A by having itswaist extension H inserted into the loop-hole inthe loop-piece O pieceD, which garment-piece D is supported, as has been hereinbefore fullyset forth, by having its loop-piece O looped over the trunk portion A ofthe doll-body A, and hung upon lateral projections a on the said trunkportion, is shown in Fig. 16.

lhe paper locking-key B has preferably the paper head G and neck G ofthe doll attached to the upper extremity of the said locking-key, thesaid attachment being either made by gluing the said head and neck to anextenson B at the upper extremity of the locking-key, as is shown in thedrawings, or by forming the said extension B into a neck and head. Theformer method of attachment is the most suitable when the hereinbefore-described garment-pieces of the doll are composed of very thick paper,as for such garment-pieces an equally thick head and neck piece would bedesired, but when the said garment-pieces are composed of comparativelythin paper the latter method of attachment is suitable and is cheaper.

It must be understood that I do not limit my claim of invention to alocking-key having a paper head attached to its upper extremity, as thepresence or absence of the said head and neck does not in any way affectthe the object of the said locking-key, which object is, primarily, tolock the hereinbeforedescribed garment-pieces having loop-pieces inposition on the doll-body A when the said pieces are hung upon thelateral projections a a, and, secondarily, to afford a means whereby thesaid doll-body'may be supported in nearly an erect position. The saidlocking-key Bis made of paper and has near its upper end a loop-hole Bwhich loop-hole is formed at right angles to the vertical line of thesaid key and has its long diameter sufficiently great to admit of theupper extremity of the trunk portion A of the doll-body A being passedthrough it. Below the said loop-hole 15 at a point which when the saidgarment-pieces are locked in position on the doll-body A corresponds tothe upper level of the two lateral projections a don thedoll-body,thesaid locking-key is sharply contracted on both sides andthen continues downward from the line of said contraction in anextension B which extension has its breadth slightly less than the longdiameter of the loop-holes c in the loop-pieces C, which form a part ofthe hereinbefore-described garmentpieces. The said garment-pieces arelocked in position when hung upon the lateral projections ad of thedoll-body by passingthe extension B of the locking-key downward andagainst the back surface of the doll-body through the loop-hole c ineach loop-piece O of the various garmentpieces which have been hung, ashas been hereinbefore described, on the doll-body until the loop-hole Bin the locking-key arrives at the level of the upper end of the trunkportion A of the doll-body, at which level the said end of the trunkportion of the doll-body is inserted into the loop-hole B in thelocking-key, and the downward movement of the locking-key is thencontinued until arrested by the lower edges of the expanded portion ofthe said key coming in contact with the upper surface of the uppermostof the said looppieces 0. This locks the doll parts together so firmlythat the doll may be tossed about without disarranging the parts.

By making the extension B of thelockingkey of suiiicient length itserves to support the doll ina nearly upright position if the saidextension is bent backward to asufiicient degree at the point where itemerges from the loop-hole c of the lowermost garment-piece and as isshown in Figs. 12 and 15.

As has been alreadyset forth,it is immaterial whether the paper head andneck of the doll be attached to the upper end of the trunk portion A ofthe paper body A or to the upper end of the locking-key B. I prefer,however, that the said head and neck be attached to the locking-key, asthis construction admits of the hair represented on the head beingprojected laterally to any desired distance.

The head G of the herein-described doll differs from other paper-dollheads that have been invented in havinga laterally-extendedneck-ornament section g on and from each side of the neck G of the saidhead, the said laterally-extended neck-ornament sections being free fromthe said head and from the body of the doll and purposely projecteddownward to a greater distance than the bottom of the said neck, inorder that their lower borders may be lapped over the front of the upperextremity of a garment-piece, which extends on the body of the doll -tothe bottom of the said neck, and thereby serve to steady thegarment-piece, as is shown in Figs. 11, 12,13, 14, and 15.

I am aware of the existence of a paper doll having a head secured to thefront of a long neck extension on a paper body in a manner whichleavesthe chin part of the head free from the said neck extension to admit ofthe chin lapping over the front of the upper extremity of a papergarment, and I am also aware that the said head has curl sections oneach side of the chin. In this said doll, however, it is necessary thatthe head and curl-sections be fashioned from a piece of paper separatefrom the said neck extension, whereas I accomplish my object by aconstruction which does not require the chin of the head, or itsequivalent, to be free from what in my doll might be considered ascorresponding to the said neck extension, and which construction admitsof the head, neck, and body of the doll being formed in one piece, and,still further, the construction which I have devised does away with thenecessity of having curl-sections at the side of the chin, and,therefore, permits of any desired style of hair dressing beingrepresented in connection with the dollhead.

In this specification it will be observed that when referring to thelateral projections a a on the doll-body I state that they are formed onthe trunk portion of the said body at a level which is not higher on thesaid trunk portion than the lower level of the breasts in anormally-proportioned doll figure. I am thus particular because I desireit to be distinctly understood that the said lateral projections a a arenot placed at a level which might be considered as making them moresubstitutes for the shoulders of the doll. In order to accomplish myobject, however, it is necessary in some instances, particularly inpaper dolls constructed to represent very young children, that I placethe said lateral projections a a on the trunk of the doll-body at alevel which corresponds to the lower level of the breasts of the child,as the waistline of their garments is usually fashioned imme diatelybelow their breasts.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a paper doll the combination of an armless and shoulderless paperbody having, at a level which is not higher upon the said body than thelower level of the breasts in a normally proportioned doll figure, alateral projection from and on each side of the trunk portion of thesaid body, the trunk portion above the said lateral projections being atall points of less breadth than that of the surface of the trunk betweenthe extremities of the two said projections, paper garment pieces havingloop pieces which adapt the said garment pieces to be hung separately aswell as collectively upon the said lateral projections, a paper lockingkey having near its upper end a loop hole designed for the insertion ofthe upper end of the said trunk portion of the paper doll body andhaving below the said loop hole at a point on the surface of the keywhich point when the garment pieces are locked by the said key inposition upon the doll body corresponds to the upper level of the twosaid lateral projections on the doll body a sharp contraction in thehorizontal expanse of the key on both sides, and, still further, havinga downward extension from the point at which the said sharp contractionoccurs which downward extension is designed to be passed through theloop holes in the loop pieces attached to the said garment pieces tocompletely lock togetherthe parts composing the doll and at the sametime ail'ord a sustaining strip which serves to supportthe said dollbody in a nearly upright position when properly bent, a paper headattached to the upper extremity of the said locking key, and papergarment pieces having a downward projected waist extension which waistextension adapts the said garment pieces to be supported separately aswell as collectively upon the said doll body by inserting the waistextension from above downward into the loop hole in the loop piece whichexists attached to the tachably secured to the paper body, the saidaforesaid garment pieces, substantially as shown and described.

. 2. A paper doll having an armless and shoulderless paper body and alateral projection on each side of the trunk portion of the said body ata level whichis not higher on the said trunk portion than the lowerlevel of the breasts in a normally proportioned doll figure, the widthof the trunk portion above the said lateral projections being at allpoints less than the width of the surface between the extremities of thetwo said lateral projections so as to permit of loop pieces attached topaper garment pieces being hung upon the said lateral projections bypassing the trunk portion of the said doll body from below upwardthrough the loop holes in the said loop pieces, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination with a paper doll body having no arms and noshoulders, and having a lateral projection on and from each side of thetrunk portion of the said body at a level which is not higher on thesaid trunk portion than is the lower level of the breasts in a normallyproportioned doll figure, the width of the said trunk portion above thesaid lateral projections being at all points less than the width of thesurface between the extremities of the two lateral projections, of papergar ment pieces having loop pieces at the top or at the back which looppieces can be hung upon the said lateral projections by passing thetrunk portion of the said doll body from below upward through loop holesin the said loop pieces, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with an armless and shoulderless paper doll bodyhaving a lateral projection on and from each side of the trunk portionof the said body at a level which is not higher on the said trunkportion than the lower level of the breasts in a normally proportioneddoll figure, the Width of the said trunk portion above the said lateralprojections being at all points less than the width of the surfacebetween the extremities of the two lateral projections, and papergarment pieces having loop pieces by which they are hung upon the saidlateral projections on the doll body, of a garment piece or pieceshaving a downward projected waist extension which waist extension can beinserted be tween the back of the paper garment pieces having looppieces and the front of the corre' sponding part of the said doll bodyby passing the said waist extension from above downward through the loopholes in the said loop pieces, substantially as set forth.

5. In a paper doll having a paper head and neck in connection with thepaper body and having paper garment pieces which are de garment piecesbeing supported on the said body by means of loop pieces attached to thesaid garment pieces and which loop pieces are looped over the trunk ofthe doll body and hung upon lateral projections provided for thispurpose on the said trunk, and, still further having other garmentpieces which are supported on the said body by means of an extension atthe bottoms of the garment pieces which extension is inserted from abovedownward into the loop holes in the loop pieces attached to garmentpieces which are hung upon the said lateral projections on the dollbody, the combination with the said neck of the doll of a laterallyextended neck ornament section on and from each side of the neck, thesaid laterally extended neck ornament sectionsbeing free from the dollhead and body and projected downward to a greater distance than the saidneck of the doll so as to permit of the said downward projected lateralextensions of the neck ornament being lapped over the front of the upperextremity of the garment piece which extends on the said doll body tothe bottom of the said neck and thereby serve to steady the said garmentpiece, substantially as set forth.

6. In a paper doll the combination of an armless and shoulderless paperbody having a lateral projection on each side of the trunk portion ofthe said body at a level which is not higher on the said trunk portionthan the lower level of the breasts in a normally proportioned dollfigure, paper garment pieces having loop pieces which adapt the saidgarment pieces to be hung separately as well as collectively upon thesaid lateral'projections by passing the said trunk portion of the dollbody from below upward through the loop holes in the said loop pieces,and a paper locking key having near its upper extremity a loopholedesigned for the insertion of the upper end of the said trunkportion of the doll body and having below the said loop hole at a pointon the surface of the said key which point when the garment pieces arelocked by the said key in position upon the doll body corresponds to theupper level of the two said lateral projections on the doll body a sharpcontraction in the horizontal expanse of the key on' both sides, and,still further, having a downward extension from the point at which thesaid sharp contraction occurs which downward extension is designed to bepassed through the loop holes in the loop pieces attached to the saidgarment pieces to completely lock together the parts composing the doll,substantially as shown and described.

7. In a paper doll the paper locking key B having near its upper end aloop hole B and having at a suitable point below the said loop hole asharp contraction in the longitudinal expanse of the surface of the keyon both sides, and, still further, having an extension B projecteddownward from the level of the said contraction, the central verticalline of the said extension B coinciding with the center of the said loophole B as shown and described and for the purpose specified.

' EDWARD T. GIBSON. Witnesses:

SARAH A. CURTISS, MAUD O. GIBsoN.

